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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/84379/portrait-guillaume-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1lYWA6BkT7j Guillaume Lerouge glerouge Guillaume Lerouge Tue, 22 May 2012 14:07:40 -0700 Article: Creating the Windows 8 User Experience http://guillaumelerouge.com/article-creating-the-windows-8-user-experienc http://guillaumelerouge.com/article-creating-the-windows-8-user-experienc

Microsoft really did spend a lot of time thinking Windows 8 through. They made some pretty bold bets. This article is well worth a read to get a sense of where they think the future of computing (especially PC computing) is going.

Whether it works in its Windows 8 embodiment or not, the idea of one-PC-device-to-rule-them-all has a strongly seductive sense to it. I hope their hardware partners will live up to the hype Microsoft is generating!

Creating the Windows 8 User Experience:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/18/creating-the-windows-8-user-experience.aspx

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/84379/portrait-guillaume-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1lYWA6BkT7j Guillaume Lerouge glerouge Guillaume Lerouge Tue, 15 May 2012 17:28:16 -0700 Amazing Nikola Tesla comic at the Oatmeal http://guillaumelerouge.com/amazing-nikola-tesla-comic-at-the-oatmeal http://guillaumelerouge.com/amazing-nikola-tesla-comic-at-the-oatmeal Go read it. Like, right now:

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I have long been convinced that the aim of software applications should be to help users do great things: http://www.blip.tv/file/3346148

I am therefore very proud to announce that we have been hard at work giving XWiki users the tools they need to become the superheros of structured document creation.

Discover AppWithinMinutes and start building your own wiki applications:  

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I have long been convinced that the aim of software applications should be to help users do great things: http://www.blip.tv/file/3346148

I am therefore very proud to announce that we have been hard at work giving XWiki users the tools they need to become the superheros of structured document creation.

Discover AppWithinMinutes and start building your own wiki applications:  

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Taken at XWiki SAS

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/84379/portrait-guillaume-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1lYWA6BkT7j Guillaume Lerouge glerouge Guillaume Lerouge Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:31:00 -0700 Thoughts on Asana's iPhone application http://guillaumelerouge.com/thoughts-on-asanas-iphone-application http://guillaumelerouge.com/thoughts-on-asanas-iphone-application After playing a bit with Asana today, I decided to try out the iPhone application as well. While it's nice overall, there are a couple of points that I thought would deserve to be improved.

General impression

At first, I was a bit disoriented using the application. It does not follow the standard interface guidelines of other iPhone apps, which can be both a good and a bad thing. 

Asana's app home screen:

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For instance, there is no "back" button at the top left when looking at a task list or at a single task. Of course, it's quite easy to go back to those pages by tapping on the left of the screen, but this leads to the second remark: the current interface wastes a bit of space of an already small screen estate.

The task list does not use the full available screen real estate:

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An iPhone screen only offers so much space to display information, and the app insists on not using the full available height and width to display the information on the page at hand. As a result, it can be tough to make out the name of a task from the task list screen.

Screen-by-screen remarks

I noted a couple additional things while trying out the app.

The tag list doesn't display how many tags are associated to each tag...

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Leading the user to tap to see an empty tag page:

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Task pages feature a "More" button...

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That only gives access to one additional "Delete Task" button:

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Conclusion

It feels like the current version of Asana's iPhone application is a first try at building something cool, and, as such, it's still a bit rough around the edges.

Important note: I like the app very much, which is why I went into the business of being nitty-picky to begin with. Given the care given to the UX of the web app, I was actually surprised to find these (admittedly small) issues in the iPhone app.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/84379/portrait-guillaume-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1lYWA6BkT7j Guillaume Lerouge glerouge Guillaume Lerouge Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:51:31 -0700 Posting to Asana from XWiki http://guillaumelerouge.com/posting-to-asana-from-xwiki http://guillaumelerouge.com/posting-to-asana-from-xwiki I've been working on a code snippet allowing to create a task in Asana from XWiki with the help of @ldubost.

It allows an user to create a new task in an Asana workspace right from a wiki page in XWiki. As of right now it's quite rough, but it shows interesting potential.

I can think of several use cases:
  • Many people use XWiki to store procedures, handling their validation workflow using Asana would be pretty neat
  • The integration would be great to help people coordinate around the writing of sales proposals, especially complex ones
  • Thinking ahead, the integration would be useful pretty much anytime a group of people has to work collaboratively on editing a document in the wiki. Given XWiki's ability to create structured documents, the possibilities are endless (and, yes, that was one my first blog posts on the XWiki blog).
Going further, you could map users, workspaces and projects in Asana with users, workspaces and spaces in XWiki, then display all your current tasks for a given project in a panel displayed on the right of the matching wiki space. Users could switch back and forth seamlessly between knowing who's supposed to do what (in Asana) and the actual work of creating and updating documents online (in XWiki). Time go go back coding...

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Taken at XWiki SAS

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Taken at XWiki SAS

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Dilbert Daily Strip

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Taken at Tour Eiffel — Eiffel Tower

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Taken at Tour Eiffel — Eiffel Tower

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No wonder they replaced the older versions with this one!

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Dilbert Daily Strip

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I can vote! Was getting worried I wouldn't receive it :-)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/84379/portrait-guillaume-small.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1lYWA6BkT7j Guillaume Lerouge glerouge Guillaume Lerouge Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:19:10 -0800 Article: Everybody Wants Their Pound of Flesh (Negotiating with Buyers) http://guillaumelerouge.com/article-everybody-wants-their-pound-of-flesh http://guillaumelerouge.com/article-everybody-wants-their-pound-of-flesh Probably the best article I've read about this topic. I see this in pretty much every negotiation I take part to, especially the larger ones:

I could sum up my negotiation mentality as a seller in one phrase that I’ve used as short-hand for my portfolio companies for years, “Everybody wants their pound of flesh.”
It’s short-hand for showing that despite our aversion to the process of negotiations – as buyers we’re conditioned to it and even rewarded for it.

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